Balanced ball game between Piacenza and Novara expected

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Competition: Italy Serie C: Girone A
Competition: Sun 26.March
Match begins: 15:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Leonardo Garilli (29122 seats)

20th- against 9th place might not feel all that inviting. Fear not: Tipsway has the information that makes Piacenza - Novara (even) more intriguing!

Insights:
  • Piacenza have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Novara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Piacenza's stadium, Stadio Leonardo Garilli, has a grass surface. Novara have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Novara when playing on grass; 13 wins, 10 draws and 11 losses from 34 matches. They have scored {39 goals} in these games and conceded 40.

It's no vacation for neither Piacenza nor Novara as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Piacenza form and stats

Piacenza's results here at Stadio Leonardo Garilli in the Serie C: Girone A have been very modest with 3 victories, 7 draws and 7 defeats. Piacenza have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Piacenza, who played 1-1 against Novara. That match was also played at this venue (Stadio Leonardo Garilli). Cosenza was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Novara after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lecco that ended 0-0.

The Piacenza fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 17 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 28 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Novara form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie C: Girone A travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats. Novara has drawn their two previous away games.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Piacenza (placed 20th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 1-1. Which player has scored three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Vuthaj and that is impressive!

Before that, Novara secured a home win against Pordenone with the score 4-1.

The visitors have scored 16 goals from 17 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Novara have conceded 25 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Novara have pulled off a streak of 6 consecutive matches without losing (2-4-0) when facing Piacenza.

The fixture history shows this score when the participants faced each other previously this season; Piacenza - Novara 1-1. Mărginean (Novara) was sent off when these teams last played each other. The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last nine duels.

Top Goalscorers

PiacenzaC. Morra
C. Morra
10 goals
NovaraF. Galuppini
F. Galuppini
10 goals
PiacenzaA. Cesarini
A. Cesarini
9 goals

Piacenza missing players

Novara missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Piacenza Novara
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 5 17 34
6 3 1 Won W 3 6 14
12 7 2 Drew D 0 2 6
16 7 3 Lost L 2 9 14
38 21 10 Scored S 6 16 44
57 28 11 Conceded C 7 25 40
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
88% 88% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 71% 71%
50% 47% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 50%
26% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 24%
12% 18% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
65% 59% 83% BTTS BTTS 60% 59% 56%
9% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 12% 24%
29% 35% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 24%
 
4.9 5.2 6 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 5.1 5.5
4.2 3.4 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.6 4.5
2.8 3.1 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 3.1 2.9
8 2 1 Red cards R C 1 4 8
 
8.9 9.2 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 17.4 12.4 12.3
3.4 3.4 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.6 4.4 4.5
33% 36% 34% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 22% 29%
 
9.2 7.1 6.2 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 9.4 8.8
4.1 3.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.4 3.6 3.3
Key stats in Serie C: Girone A this season:
  • Novara have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Novara haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Piacenza have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Piacenza have the most conceded goals (28) at home in Serie C: Girone A
  • Piacenza have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Serie C: Girone A
  • Piacenza have the the worst goal difference (-19) in Serie C: Girone A

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FeralpiSalo 34 17 11 6 35 18 17 9 3 5 20 13 17 8 8 1 15 5 17 62
2 Pro Sesto 33 15 12 6 43 39 17 6 8 3 21 19 16 9 4 3 22 20 4 57
3 Pordenone 33 14 13 6 50 32 16 7 7 2 25 14 17 7 6 4 25 18 18 55
4 Lecco 34 15 10 9 40 36 17 11 4 2 25 9 17 4 6 7 15 27 4 55
5 Vicenza 34 15 6 13 60 45 17 8 3 6 34 20 17 7 3 7 26 25 15 51
6 Virtus Verona 34 13 12 9 38 25 17 5 5 7 16 17 17 8 7 2 22 8 13 51
7 Union ArzignanoChiampo 34 12 13 9 39 33 17 5 8 4 19 13 17 7 5 5 20 20 6 49
8 Renate 34 13 10 11 44 47 17 8 3 6 22 23 17 5 7 5 22 24 -3 49
9 Novara 34 14 6 14 44 40 17 8 4 5 28 15 17 6 2 9 16 25 4 48
10 Calcio Padova 34 11 14 9 38 38 17 4 10 3 19 18 17 7 4 6 19 20 0 47
11 Juventus U23 34 12 10 12 39 40 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 3 6 8 16 23 -1 46
12 Pro Patria 34 12 9 13 34 40 17 7 4 6 21 21 17 5 5 7 13 19 -6 45
13 Pergolettese 34 12 8 14 39 39 17 9 3 5 28 20 17 3 5 9 11 19 0 44
14 Trento Calcio 1921 34 11 9 14 37 37 17 4 6 7 16 19 17 7 3 7 21 18 0 42
15 Sangiuliano City 34 12 5 17 38 42 17 8 2 7 19 16 17 4 3 10 19 26 -4 41
16 Pro Vercelli 34 10 9 15 36 45 17 5 4 8 17 24 17 5 5 7 19 21 -9 39
17 AlbinoLeffe 34 9 10 15 41 48 17 3 6 8 18 22 17 6 4 7 23 26 -7 37
18 Mantova 34 9 9 16 40 58 17 7 4 6 23 23 17 2 5 10 17 35 -18 36
19 Triestina 34 8 10 16 28 42 17 6 4 7 15 20 17 2 6 9 13 22 -14 34
20 Piacenza 34 6 12 16 38 57 17 3 7 7 21 28 17 3 5 9 17 29 -19 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FeralpiSalo 34 17 11 6 35 18 17 9 3 5 20 13 17 8 8 1 15 5 17 62
2 Pro Sesto 33 15 12 6 43 39 17 6 8 3 21 19 16 9 4 3 22 20 4 57
3 Pordenone 33 14 13 6 50 32 16 7 7 2 25 14 17 7 6 4 25 18 18 55
4 Lecco 34 15 10 9 40 36 17 11 4 2 25 9 17 4 6 7 15 27 4 55
5 Vicenza 34 15 6 13 60 45 17 8 3 6 34 20 17 7 3 7 26 25 15 51
6 Virtus Verona 34 13 12 9 38 25 17 5 5 7 16 17 17 8 7 2 22 8 13 51
7 Union ArzignanoChiampo 34 12 13 9 39 33 17 5 8 4 19 13 17 7 5 5 20 20 6 49
8 Renate 34 13 10 11 44 47 17 8 3 6 22 23 17 5 7 5 22 24 -3 49
9 Novara 34 14 6 14 44 40 17 8 4 5 28 15 17 6 2 9 16 25 4 48
10 Calcio Padova 34 11 14 9 38 38 17 4 10 3 19 18 17 7 4 6 19 20 0 47
11 Juventus U23 34 12 10 12 39 40 17 9 4 4 23 17 17 3 6 8 16 23 -1 46
12 Pro Patria 34 12 9 13 34 40 17 7 4 6 21 21 17 5 5 7 13 19 -6 45
13 Pergolettese 34 12 8 14 39 39 17 9 3 5 28 20 17 3 5 9 11 19 0 44
14 Trento Calcio 1921 34 11 9 14 37 37 17 4 6 7 16 19 17 7 3 7 21 18 0 42
15 Sangiuliano City 34 12 5 17 38 42 17 8 2 7 19 16 17 4 3 10 19 26 -4 41
16 Pro Vercelli 34 10 9 15 36 45 17 5 4 8 17 24 17 5 5 7 19 21 -9 39
17 AlbinoLeffe 34 9 10 15 41 48 17 3 6 8 18 22 17 6 4 7 23 26 -7 37
18 Mantova 34 9 9 16 40 58 17 7 4 6 23 23 17 2 5 10 17 35 -18 36
19 Triestina 34 8 10 16 28 42 17 6 4 7 15 20 17 2 6 9 13 22 -14 34
20 Piacenza 34 6 12 16 38 57 17 3 7 7 21 28 17 3 5 9 17 29 -19 30

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Serie C is the third highest level in the Italian football league. It is divided into three geographical divisions; North East, North West and South. These are often referred to as Girone (or group) A, B, C. Each group holds 20 teams who play 38 fixtures each to create a final league table.